My Gratitude List For Today!

As I previously posted I was feeling a little bit down and depressed because of some financial problems and I thought that this would be a perfect time to have another gratitude list. Here is my gratitude list for today:

• As I am typing this blog entry it reminds me of one of the talents I have which is being able to edit the html of my blog post so that I can make it look a little bit more interesting than just a standard-looking blog.
  
  We all have talents even though we may think that we don't and if you haven't found your talent yet - don't press it too hard- give it time, relax, get rid of your stress and your talent will come to you!
  
  
• As always I am grateful for my house! My mother left me this house when she passed away. We both lived in it together and there are just so many good memories here that there is always a good feeling inside and out!
  
  Although being able to keep the house is proving difficult I haven't given up hope yet and as TD Jakes has said "it ain't over yet!"
  
  
• I'm grateful for my computer and my Internet access! One of the things that I LOVE to do is work on my computer! This is definitely one of my passions! I have been able to earn money from working with my computer - both online and off! I have earned money using Google's Adsense program. I have also earned money as a web page designer. I'm looking into getting into the more profitable aspects of writing.
  
  
• I'm grateful for the food that I have! Yes there have been times when my cupboards have been bare but right now I have some food - namely meat! - that is going to last me and that is a very good feeling and I am grateful for it!
  
  
• I think one of the things that I am very grateful for is that I haven't lost my sanity yet! I know that so many people are whining and complaining about their problems but they are not doing anything about them and I choose to continue on working towards my financial goals and my mission statement. I am reaching to live the life of my dreams.

A Financial Miracle!

I was feeling kind of down and blue today because of some financial problems that are looming and I found an interesting testimonial on the Internet. It helps to let me know that financial miracles CAN actually happen!

Here is an example of a financial miracle that I found online:

"Recently, I was greatly blessed by our Living God with His miraculous works of wonder.

You are probably aware that Singapore like many Asian countries was hit by the worst ever post-war economic crisis during the last 2 years or so. Through the grace of God my small business enterprise managed to stay afloat even though we suffered losses like most other businesses. Because of the adverse financial situation in my company, my banker was not quite as gracious and had decided to reject my request for additional financing badly needed to sustain my business.

I had a major payment due involving an amount exceeding US$ 100,000 and up until 2 days before the deadline, my discussions with numerous financial institutions were futile; many turned me away. In my desparation I had contacted many banks and finance companies. Fortunantely for me, a manager of one such finance company returned my call and was willing to consider my request. What was most miraculous about his eventual approval was the manner in which the approval was granted - (1) because I left town the same night he called, we never got to meet at all (2) the only set of audited accounts was 2 years old and it showed a dismal loss leaving my company in a negative net worth situation (3) he agreed to grant me trade facilities of over US$ 115,000 without my need to pledge any assets!!! (4) approval was granted by him within 1 working day, just in the nick of time!! We eventually met and the manager discovered to his relief that his elder brother was my former office colleague and that his brother had vouched for me. How God brings the right people in my life at the right time!!!

Naturally, I was overwhelmed and taken completely by surprise, of how God always remains faithful and fulfills His promises. Mentally I had braced myself for the worst, telling our Lord that I will remain faithful in Him even though He chose not to deliver me from my financial challenges.

I do hope that this testimony will be a source of inspiration to businessmen around the world who may be in the same situation. Be faithful in God and surrender your destiny completely to His Will and He will never abandon you...for every door He closes, He will open yet another one. Praise be to God our Almighty Lord of all!!!"

source

Christian Faith.com

I hope that this will provide you with some inspiration - just in case you don't think that financial miracles don't happen - because they do!

My Gratitude List For Today!

I have been able to read some of the most recent comments to this blog and have also been able to respond to some of them - finally - something that I should be grateful for. I find that when I'm not trying to rush things, things happen more smoothly.

I'm also glad to know that others find that my gratitude lists to be of help and hopefully remind others that they may want to think about starting their own gratitude lists as well! I have to say that after I make one I feel much better.

Here is my gratitude list for today:

• First of all I should say that "today" is just starting since its about 2:30 am in the morning. This reminds me of the fact that since I work at home my hours are pretty much my own. How many people can say that about their lives!
  
  
• I'm grateful for my brother! I just talked to him on the phone a few hours ago and as always we had a great little chat. I also posted on my other blog about a dream I had about him. Both of our parents have passed away and it just makes it more precious to still have family to talk to.
  
  
• I'm grateful for my health! I wasn't feeling too good earlier and I attribute it to the weather outside because it has been so cold and when those cold winds hit you you really, really feel it! I'm feeling much better now and I also take it as a sign that I should slow down when I'm feeling tired or not too well.
  
  Since I'm feeling a little bit better I thought it would be great to get back at the computer and do some work online but I'm not going to press it because I know that the more rest I get, the better I will feel!
  
  
• I absolutely LOVE where I live! I was at our local library returning some books and in walks one of my neighbors and we decided to walk home together! Such a nice experience to have great neighbors!
  
  
• I love knowing the fact that nothing is impossible!

I Just Wanted To Thank Everyone For Their Comments!

It seems that sometimes the comment thingie on my blog doesn't always work!


I tried answering some of your comments but so far my answers haven't shown up. Oh well looking at the bright side to this it does give me an opportunity to have another blog post!

Yes, the law of attraction DOES work! I have seen it working in my life.

However sometimes I think that I try too hard - LOL!

There have been instances when I have given something a fleeting thought and then it manifests into my life! On the other hand the things that I want so badly aren't manifesting as much as I would like them to - however I am working on it!

I'm Going Through Some Heavy Anxiety Issues Today!

My day didn't get off to a very good start!

I worried and obsessed about some pressing financial problems and I further made it worse by looking more into it - thus getting more bad news. But now - a few hours later - as I look back on it the news isn't 100% bad - in fact there was some good news in there that will help me more!

First of all I know that worrying only feeds the problem more and makes it more of a monster - but I just couldn't help myself and the more I tried not to think about it the more I thought about it! Various negative scenarios entered my imagination and I just felt so bad!

I have my resources of advice to fall back on and they include things like

• focusing on what it is that I DO want instead of focusing on what I don't want
  
  
• finding out something good about the situation no matter how small that good may be!

Also too when I am having days like this I remember what "The Secret" says and that is to list the things that you are grateful for! Here is my list for today:

• I am grateful for my home! I love my home and I love where I live and I realize that I am fortunate to have a roof over my head - especially now during the winter months here in the Philadelphia area. The current temperature is 23 degrees but it feels like 15 degrees!
  
  
• I'm also grateful that I have heat! Old-styled radiators are bringing me heat and when I go by them I touch them and remind myself how grateful I am to be able to have heat! There is such a great feeling when coming home out of the cold into a nice warm house! (on another note: I was able to get a financial grant to help pay some of my past due heating bill expenses - and it is so very much needed and I am so grateful that I have gotten it! I received the notification a few days ago and the grant is sending the money directly to my heating bill company!)
  
  
• I'm grateful for the skills that I do have and I was recently reminded of this while online when I was reading an article about how we all have gifts and talents. What make this more interesting is that I was watching a snippet of a religious program and they were saying the exact same thing in that we all have talents!
  
  
• I'm grateful to be able to be online! I love working with my computer both online and off but I have come to realize that not everyone has a computer - much less online access - of their own!
  
  
• I'm grateful for the food that I do have in my refridgerator and whild I am craving some hot chocolate right now I know that I will have some soon because I vow to buy some with some of the money from my Adsense this month!

I have commented before about how the law of attraction has worked for me in the past. Quite frankly I think that it works all the time but it's me that is just trying too hard!

Besides having a copy of "The Secret" on disk, I was also able to check out the book "The Secret" from my library! It included some more information and advice that wasn't on the CD and it was very welcomed advice!

I think today was a day where my emotions - I should say my negative emotions - really got a hold of me. But jotting down my gratitude list has really helped me a lot!



1/31/09 Update!

I just thought that I should mention that the "financial" problem that I posted about above, that I obsessed and worried about came to a pleasant end! I did manage to find a pleasurable solution to the problem!

Been Feeling A Bit Down..............

It was great coming back to this blog to remind myself of many things! It was good seeing my mission statement again and it was a wonderful reminder reading all of my posts about the things that I have now that I am grateful for!

Even though 2008 seemed to be the worst year for others (if you go by what the news has said), I found that it was a great year for reflection and learning lessons in my life!

I have my mission statement goal and that is what I am working towards!

My Very Enjoyable Christmas!

I didn't have much but I enjoyed what I did have!

I thought of all the things that I was grateful for and I kept those thoughts in mind as I decided to enjoy the holiday season!

I decorated my Christmas tree (thankful to have a house to have the Christmas tree in) and enjoyed a nice cup of hot chocolate!

I didn't have any presents to put under the tree this year but I did buy some candy and put it under the Christmas tree.

1/5/08 Update:

Even though I didn't have any presents to put under the Christmas tree last year, I DID receive a lovely gift basket from one of my neighbors. Now this is ironic in itself because having this type of gift basket was on my Christmas "wish list" and when I got this gift basket I knew that the law of attraction was working in my favor!

What I Am Grateful For!

I'm feeling kind of down because I don't have what I want and I know that the cure for that - the law of attraction says - is to feel "up" because you do have what you want! So here is my most recent list of things that I am grateful for:

• Unfortunately my cat of 8 years died a few weeks ago after being sick for a short time. Although this makes me feel sad I know that we had a wonderful life together and I remember the many good times that we had!
  
  I also plan on getting another cat very soon - like before the year is over and hopefully before Thanksgiving - so we can have turkey together - LOL!
  
  
• I'm grateful to be living in my home! I just saw on the news where people were let back into an area where their homes were damaged or destroyed and it made me feel grateful for the roof that I have over my head!
  
  
• I'm grateful for the food that I have in my refridgerator and I grateful for the refridgerator because it is fairly new too - about a year old - that I was able to get with a grant program! For a time when I had my old refridgerator it was on it last legs and now that I have a new refridgerator I just can't tell you how good it feels to be able to make and have ice again!
  
  
• I'm grateful for my talents. Almost everyone has something that they are good at and it made me realize that that included me too! I love being able to work on my computer and am grateful that I have been able to earn money working on my computer with my blogs and the adsense.
  
  
• I'm also grateful for this time of the year. I love this time of the year - although it seems to be going by so quickly! Halloween was a great time and I had a great time watching spooky movies. Election Day was quite a glorious and wonderful day! The scenery and the leaves are just a wonder to enjoy as I look out my windows and soak in all the wonderful fall colors!
  
  Thanksgiving is next week and I plan to soak up the joy of that day too by preparing my turkey and watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade! I'm looking forward to putting the turkey in the oven and smelling it cooking throughout the entire house!
  
  
• I'm very grateful for the money that I do have in the bank because even though it is not much it is keeping my bank balance in the positive. I have a couple more weeks until I get my Adsense payment and I'm grateful for that too because it seems that a lot of people that have the Adsense program on their sites are even earning the minimum amount needed ($100) during the month to be able to get an adsense payment the next month - so I am grateful for the money that I have earned (and continue to earn) with the adsense program - believe me that money has come in quite handy and it was definitely needed and appreciated!

Yes, I have a lot of things to be grateful for.............................

A Perfect Example Of The Law Of Attraction At Work!

I was going grocery shopping with the money that I had. It wasn't enough to buy something that I truly wanted but I was grateful for having the money that I DID have! But in the back of my mind I kept manifesting the other thing that I wanted! I kept trying to hold on to the feelings of already having it now and guess what happened!

As I was leaving the store with my purchases, I got a $10 payment from someone that I had did some computer work for. They had wanted to know some information about a work-at-home opportunity but they wanted to know more about the company and whether or not it was a legitmate work at home business.

An extra $10! Surely the law of attraction works!

I just have to learn how to harness this so that I can fulfill my mission statement of becoming a millionaire!

I Guess Everyone Is Entitled To Their Opinion

I was reading an article in one of my local papers. It was written by one of the local writers on staff and it was about their take on The Secret.

Basically speaking they said that they really didn't agree with the concept of the secret (which is the law of attraction) and books and publications like it! The writer said that the authors of such works were more or less "hucksters" trying to "peddle their wares".

The article went on to mention Oprah and how she had the guests on her talk show and how they talking about their works / books - which the writer thought was the only reason why they were there.

Personally I believe in the teachings of The Secret! I have seen things manifest in my life that have made me think that they have come to pass only because I was thinking of them so strongly - whether they be good or bad things!

I haven't manifest the life of my dreams yet but I continue to work on it!

It would be interesting to know if any of you believe in the teachings of "The Secret"?

What I Am Grateful For.....

I have been feeling a little bit (well actually a lot) down and depressed because of some problems that I am having so here is my gratitude list for today.

I am grateful for:

• having a roof over my head! It's currently raining outside (I live in Philadelphia) and the weather is a little bit chilly.
  
  
• I am grateful for the food that I have now in my refridgerator. As a matter of fact I am grateful for the fridge itself because I was able to get that with a grant program
  
  
• I am always grateful for my cat (who just had lunch by the way!) It's good to have a pet - although sometimes I think I'm the pet and my cat is the owner!
  
  
• I am grateful for the positive balance in my bank account! Even though its under a dollar it still is a positive balance which means that I'm not being charged any fees!
  
  
• I am grateful for my talents and abilities and the skills that I have. I may not be rich (right now) but I have been paid for my work in the past!

Any time that you are feeling down or depressed take the time to write a gratitude list and write down the things that you are grateful for.